MASSACHUSETTS FERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Massachusetts fern mean? 

• MASSACHUSETTS FERN (noun)
  The noun MASSACHUSETTS FERN has 1 sense:

1. delicate feathery shield fern of the eastern United States; sometimes placed in genus Thelypteris

  Familiarity information: MASSACHUSETTS FERN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MASSACHUSETTS FERN (noun)

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Meaning:

Delicate feathery shield fern of the eastern United States; sometimes placed in genus Thelypteris

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Massachusetts fern; Parathelypteris simulata; Thelypteris simulata

Hypernyms ("Massachusetts fern" is a kind of...):

fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)

Holonyms ("Massachusetts fern" is a member of...):

genus Parathelypteris; Parathelypteris (terrestrial ferns of warm and tropical Asia and North America)